METES

Noun

metes

plural of mete

Verb

metes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mete

Anagrams

• Tesem, meets, steem, steme, teems, temes, temse

Source: Wiktionary


METE

Mete, n.

Definition: Meat. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mete, v. t. & i.

Definition: To meet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mete, v. i. & t. [imp. Mette; p. p. Met.] Etym: [AS. m.]

Definition: To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] "I mette of him all night." Chaucer.

Mete, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n. Meting.] Etym: [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG. mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. mäta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. ma to measure. sq. root99. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.]

Definition: To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.

Mete, v. i.

Definition: To measure. [Obs.] Mark iv. 24.

Mete, n. Etym: [AS. met. See Mete to measure.]

Definition: Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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